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Living with Autism

Yin Jie is a seven-year-old boy with autism who lives in Beijing. He is non-verbal and his family couldn’t afford to send him to a private school, so he stayed at home with his mother all day long. He has a very loving Christian mother, and his father is the only breadwinner in the family. The first time we met him was last year, when Kim had a lecture for parents in the mother’s church. The leaders in the church really have a burden for his family, so they started to organize some volunteers to visit the family once a week.Then we met him again in the beginning of February this year. Bill, Tina, Caryn, and Courtney came to Beijing and we spent a few hours ministering to three families of children with autism. Yin Jie’s father was there too, though at the time he was still searching for God.In May, Matt came to Beijing and he was able to visit this family this time. We were so honored to walk into his house and spend time with his family. Yin Jie is a cute boy who doesn’t know how to communicate with his parents. When he wanted his father’s attention and didn’t know the right way to ask for it, he threw his father’s cell phone on the floor and broke it. Matt gave the father a love offering for a new phone, which really touched his heart.That same day, Yin Jie’s father confessed that Jesus is his Lord and Savior. A few days later his church had Bible study for the husband and wife, while Yin Jie was quietly listening to the church hymns for the first time. Lydia, the group leader, said that it is a miracle that he could sit quietly the whole time while the parents are studying the word of God. God is also fixing their marriage relationship. Praise God for all He has done and all He will be doing among those afflicted souls.~ Daniel and Gail

July 25, 2016
Healthcare

America the Beautiful

We have now walked among the youth of a nation, crisscrossing daily from state to state in order to stand publicly on every major college campus for the purpose of prayer. I’m happy to report to you that public prayer and saying the name of Jesus is not only lawful but also very much welcomed on the grounds of college campuses today.I have now witnessed firsthand the power of prayer to bring students, professors, provosts, and administrators to tears. Those tears turn dry ground into fertile soil for the future. Revival, the magnificent new life that so many are desperate for in this nation, will surely spring forth from those grounds. Each tear carries compassion and purpose. Not one tear ever shed on this earth was in vain. This nation has now wept before God in prayer with a purpose in hope to see its past forgotten and its future re-written in Christ.A gentle smile, a kind word, an offer of prayer, and the simple Gospel of Jesus have changed the lives of many. They’d say, “You have no idea what I’m going through right now.” As one lady said, “We needed this so badly!” My favorite quote came from the young lady directing the visitors center at our nation’s very first state university, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She said, “We only had one student at UNC the first year and he walked 386 miles (621 km) to attend.” I asked, “What did he study?” She responded, “I don’t know for sure but by the second semester, he had helped to build a chapel.”And the truth remains for the nation that our greatness cannot be restored by the works of our hands, nor was it ever given but through prayer built on the cornerstone of our faith. That faith causes us to take action. Those actions glorify God, influence others, and cause us to prosper. Together we have prayed; now let the glory of God fill this nation.We are grateful for those who joined us globally to pray through our partners at Every Home for Christ, Awakening America Alliance, The Billy Graham Library, Generals International, and National Church. Because of these partnerships, more than 200,000 people have joined in through prayer.“Where Have The Children Gone?”, written by my father, Pastor Mark Geppert, in response to several requests by parents, professors, and friends was distributed nationwide and has now been translated for Chinese and Spanish readers. This free, 30-day prayer guide prepares parents and leaders to understand the words our students are learning in their college years and helps us to prepare our hearts with the words we need to speak into their lives.If you know of a parent, pastor, or youth leader in need of this resource, we want to make it available to you without charge. Please contact our office for requests.Let Grace abound and unity spread, as a year of revival grows in this nation.

July 25, 2016
Prayer

A Testimony of Surrender

My name is Macchi. I was born in 1995 in the capital city of Vientiane in Lao P.D.R. My father is Phonethip and my mother is Vongvaly. I have one older brother, and his name is Bobby.In 2006 my mother was converted to Christ, but I was so young at that time I didn’t understand anything except following her to church. I didn’t understand what worship really was, and I didn’t know about the Holy Spirit or the word of God, but I could see what they did. I remember one time there was one pastor who prayed for me, and before he prayed he spoke in tongues, and I was laughing because I didn’t understand what he was doing.When I look back today, because I now understand, I want to say “Sorry, Lord!”When I grew up I had many friends and I didn’t care about God. That is, I knew Him but I didn’t have any sort of relationship with Him. In 2008, I had a boyfriend and I started to hang around with friends all the time — I loved going to the club and drinking alcohol, and I partied a lot because I enjoyed it. I lived like this until 2011, when I realized that all of these things could not satisfy me. Every time I sinned against the Lord, the Holy Spirit would convict me, because I served in the church as an interpreter. I felt so guilty, because no one knew that I was hiding all of these things. At age 15, I prayed to the Lord, telling Him that I wanted to get rid of this but I couldn’t do it by myself, because I tried many times but I always failed. Throughout my childhood, I saw my parents argue all the time, and because of this, I wanted to come closer to Jesus. I was serious with the Lord in my prayers that I wanted Jesus to change my family. In 2011, the Lord brought me to Bible school in Singapore. Two weeks before I went to Singapore I felt the Holy Spirit change me, and I woke up with no worldly desires. I met Jesus during my time in Singapore, and I started to have a relationship with Him, and came to know who He really is, and He cleansed me. I have never felt such incredible love in my life! I cried out almost every day. I know many people gained different things, and I gained a relationship with Jesus.My relationship with the Lord is still growing. Jesus spoke to me that I needed to forsake what I have now, first of which was my boyfriend. It was difficult, because I love my boyfriend, but I love God more. I told the Lord, “I surrendered to you because I love you, Lord, but you need to help me because I can’t do it on my own.” I cried every day, because it hurt. The Lord tested me about my friends and family as well, and it was hard because I love them a lot — I used to party with them and be with them all the time. But, this time I have to choose God or man, and I choose to surrender all to Him and take up His cross. I learned many things through the storms in my life, and one thing I realized is that God wants to build up my faith, which is hard for me now, but it’s worth it.The moment I gave up everything to Him and cried out more for Him to use me for His kingdom, God put a passion in my heart for my own nation. I want to see them saved and draw closer to Jesus. I prayed, “Lord, whatever you give to me please give to them, what I have experienced let them experience as well.” I knew that once they knew and experienced Jesus’ love, they wouldn’t want to turn back, and they would know that this is the right place for them to be.Everyday I’m learning from the Lord. There was one day Pastor Matthew preached in my church and he shared about John 4:34-38. He shared about how it’s harvest time for the Lao nation. I think this is so true — this nation is like a field that is ready to be harvested. Many souls are waiting for the gospel to reach them and we have few laborers. We need to pray that God will prepare His labor in the right time. As I told Pastor Matthew “don’t forget about Lao!” It’s harvest time! Indeed we need each other for His kingdom, and Lao needs all of you. I believe God has a great plan in this nation, as His servants’ united hearts cry out in obedience to the Father. God bless you!~ Macchi

July 25, 2016
Prayer

When the Lord Calls

At the young age of 15, sitting around a campfire at Camp Jumonville in rural Pennsylvania, I heard a message about taking the gospel to the world. Our camp counselor encouraged us to pray for the Father to use each one of us to share the hope of Christ when we went down from the mountain and returned home. My young heart prayed to the Father and said, “Here I am Lord, send me.” Several years later at a conference a Messianic Jewish man was selling rings. One of the rings had Hebrew writing on it that said two words, “send me.” I bought the ring.He prayed a prayer of blessing on the ring and placed it on my finger. Approximately five years later I attended a prayer walking seminar and learned to pray for my community and was asked to go and pray for China. It wasn’t an easy decision for me to leave my comfort zone to travel to another country, for one purpose, to pray. I wrestled with the thought of just praying for China in the comfort of my home or church but the Father brought to mind the prayer I prayed years before: “Here I am Lord, send me.” Frightened and excited, I traveled for the first time out of the country. As I traveled to China to pray, something was placed on my heart for the people of that nation. Many months after walking, praying, and meeting new friends, I felt a call to return to China. I didn’t know when that would happen or what I would do there but I knew God was calling me. One thing I discovered is that even though I felt called and had confirmation from various people praying with me, it took several years for the purpose of my calling to be made clear. I needed to become prepared to fulfill the calling.Fast forward 10 years, when I began working with children with autism at an Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania. After a few years of working with children with autism, Pastor Mark Geppert asked, “When are you going to take the ministry of working with children with autism to the world?”This question totally took me by surprise. I was busy taking college courses and working, and there was very little thinking of using the gift of teaching on a global scale. I thought of working with children with autism as a “job” rather than a ministry. That thinking was totally out of line with what God had been preparing me to do. Pastor Mark introduced me to some precious sisters, Sandi Anderson and Andrea Moriarty, both of whom are mothers of children with autism. He gave me a phone number to call and the three of us quickly became friends and prayer partners. We prayed almost every weekend for God to open doors in China so that families with children with autism could receive hope. The ladies and I had never met because I lived in Pennsylvania and they lived in California, but we developed a bond of friendship through intercession. We believed that the Father would be faithful and answer our prayers. We believed in the promise of Matthew 7:7-8 which says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” We asked that a door would be opened in China to minister to children and families of children with autism. A year later I traveled with a small team,including Sandi and her son Joel, and spoke words of hope to the mothers and fathers of children with autism, thereby beginning the first of several trainings. We prayed for the families that we met and the call became stronger to continue. Daniel and Gail, our SEAPC friends from China, purchased a figurine of a Chinese door that could be opened and shut. Daniel said to me that he felt that the Father said, “The door has been openedto you in China”. These words were confirmation that China was the place where I was able to keep the promise that I made to the Father years ago. The promise that I would be obedient and go where he would send me.I discovered that some callings take a great deal of preparation before you can walk into that which the Father has opened to you. After 12 years of training and preparation I was ready to fulfill the call. It may have taken years but it was so worth it. The Lord continues to teach me how to lay hands on children with autism for healing, and how to pray for the families and to believe great things. When prayer is applied to your day-to-day work, God can turn it into something amazing. Praying for the Father to “send me” was one of the most excitinganswers to prayer I have ever received. There are amazing things happening in China. A program for Board Certified Behavior Analyst credentialing is being established through the help of Dr. Walter and Stephanie Chung from Cairn University. Cairn is a Christian University committed to building the kingdom of God. SEAPC is partnering with Cairn University to begin offering online classes at an affordable price that will improve the quality of teaching of children with autism in China. Our prayer is to find Christian teachers interested in receiving the certification to teach in China or to open up schools where children and families can receive treatment.As I write this I am preparing to do training for teachers of children with autism in Beijing. While in China, relationships with the local church body are being established so that the church family can minister to and support the families. Dr. Jia told us of the shame and embarrassment parents feel from having a child with autism in China. She said that it is going to take time for parents to look at their child in a positive light. It is time for all of us to look at individuals with autism as being fearfully and wonderfully made, each with unique and wonderful gifts that they can bring to us. I met a young man with autism at a concert that a small group of individuals with autism put on to bless us in China. The individuals were extremely talented in the area of music. Their parents beamed with pride as their young adult children sang and played their instruments. One of the young men had a great interest in learning to speak English. He sat next to me at lunch after the concert and he had pictures of the sky on his phone. Using fluent English he said, “I love the sky. I take pictures of it.” I didn’t realize how many pictures of the sky I had on my phone until he asked to see them.We had found something in common to share and he said, “I feel happy looking at your sky pictures.” I said, “I feel happy looking at your sky pictures. We are happy together.” With a beaming smile he replied, “Yeah, I like to feel happy!” I said, “So do I. Let’s be happy together.” Full of excitement, he responded, “Great idea!” So we sat side by side looking at our pictures of the sky feeling happy to be together. I felt happiness and peace in my heart knowing that I was where God had sent me and with people he had sent me to minister to. The ironic thing is this young man ministered to me. He caused me to take time to stop and look at the beauty of the sky and to feel joy.I encourage you to take time and look up at the sky. Pray and ask the Father where He can send and use you for His glory. I pray that you will find joy in the calling.~ Kim Bennett

July 25, 2016
Healthcare
Prayer

Praying Through College

This book, Where Have The Children Gone?, began as a small project to encourage the many people who have said to me, “I do not recognize my kid any more. They were raised in a Christian culture, and then they went off to school and now disavow any faith and question the existence of God and the ability to know Him personally.”Bill Richardson began to do extensive research on the bridge between the spiritual warfare we were encountering in India and the manifestation of the same warfare in the lives of our college students. We found the bridge of thought in the teachings of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who said, “Close the Bible and open the Manu Smirti.”“Who is Manu?” you might ask.Manu was a contemporary of Noah. According to Hinduism, the ark landed at a high ridge in the Himalaya and the sage, Manu, and seven god/men got down from the ark. The seven god/men traveled the earth with the seed to replenish the life that had been destroyed. Manu wrote the 1,100 chapters of governance for the new earth. So Manu presented life as male and female, in one being. He created the castes, for from his point of view, not all men are created equal. So from his teaching came fatalism, perfection of humanity, degradation of women, and the evolution of all things as opposed to divine intervention in the lives of men. In short, secular humanism.We purchased the modern translation of Manu’s work and found that it was the core of all “God is dead” teaching of the 1960s and much more. So, we wrote the book. It is the first book edited and published by our office. Tina Tomes did the layout and Sarah Rodden the proofing. Matthew, Tony, and Carli checked on Bill and me to be sure we didn’t stray from the purpose and get distracted byManu. Our goal is to now make this book available through Pray Americas to the parents and ministers of college-aged youth. Each day discusses the vocabulary the student will learn and the biblical response.We encourage daily prayer for the student and scheduled face time. We encourage a loving, non-confrontational Christian apologetic based in the student’s personal experience with God through Christ.There is some cost involved in the printing and distribution of the book, but we do not want to hinder the student or parents from obtaining it, so we have “eaten” the cost.Please contact us for copies for your church, prayer group, support group, and campus ministries.

May 20, 2016
Prayer

Transition

While in the United States we are preparing for final exams and the ending of the current school year, in Myanmar they are doing the exact opposite. The new school year starts in the beginning of June. Since the beginning of March, the children at Charity Children’s Home have been on their “summer” break; enjoying much-needed time off during the hottest months of the year (well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit).During this time, the staff tries to keep the kids busy with various activities. For example, every year in April, while the country celebrates its Water Festival, the staff holds a four-day camp for the kids. They plan songs, activities, crafts, games, and, of course, lessons about the love of God and salvation. The kids look forward to it, have a lot of fun, and draw closer to Jesus.

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The summer break is also a time of transition at the home. The school system is arranged in a way that it is extremely difficult for children to transfer between schools during the school year. Because of this, unless it is an extreme situation, this is the only time of the year that children transition in and out of the children’s home. Each year, a number of children leave due to various reasons — usually they have grown up and out, or their family’s financial situation has improved so that the family can now care for them. As these young people leave, a new group of children comes in, and the team asks for prayer for wisdom to know which children have the greatest need to come to the home.

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This year, there is also a transition in staff. Two female caregivers recently left and the team is looking for replacements. We are joining them in prayer to find two women who love God and will love the kids. The girls need two solid, nurturing, and giving role models to follow after. This is also the time of purchasing new school supplies. Each child needs school uniforms, shoes, a book bag, an umbrella, notebooks, pens, pencils, etc. Multiply this by approximately 240 children/youth and you have a huge undertaking (and expense). It takes days of coordinating to purchase all of the items, organize them, and distribute them to the children. The blessing of it is that the children are then excited to start the new school year. Please pray for the full funding needed to provide these things. It is an expense above and beyond normal education expenses.

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I want to finish with a testimony we have heard from the team. When we first started to support them in sponsorship in late 2008, they were only able to provide one hot meal per day to the children, using the lowest quality of rice. Because of the love and care provided through our child sponsors, the children now receive three hot meals per day, using the second best quality of rice — and we still need many more sponsors. The team has said that it has also made their grades in school improve because the children are better nourished, not hungry, and not ashamed of what they take for their lunch at school.Thank you sponsors!

May 20, 2016
Parenting

CARE Project

Contentious disputes and continuous conflict surround the “righteous” in every hope-filled quest for change. In our case, we believe that autism will be eliminated from the earth. This change demands great faith; faith enough to see a few nations change in the process. We are not deceived, this battle is only won in faith and it cannot be fought amongst flesh and blood. For Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, he mentioned the adversaries he faced in the context of the great hope he had in the effectiveness of the door opened unto him. He was in Ephesus, coming to the full knowledge of the armor of God, and was witnessing powers, principalities, rulers of darkness, and spirits of malice at work against him. What tremendous joy we have to know that faith in Jesus will only overcome.THE FACTS: “A GREAT AND EFFECTIVE DOOR"

  • SEAPC has signed a ten-year agreement with the Beijing Autism Association under the Handicapped Society of China to develop policies and protocols for training people to serve children living with autism.
  • SEAPC and ING Care Company have established at partnership to platform training modules developed by SEAPC to all those seeking government certification in becoming trainers of children with autism in China
  • An additional partnership has been made with Cairn University to create accredited, degree-granting coursework for SEAPC approved Chinese trainers.

Today we stand in faith presenting you with a call for help. We need workers, specifically those serving kids living with autism, to participate in this project. We need resources to produce and distribute training materials, to send people to China to pray with and train workers, and to bring people from China to America for training. We need you to encourage us in prayer.I’m certain that the battle before us is accomplished in Christ. I’m amazed at those whom he has brought into this work to date. I’m happy to ask you to help us knowing that, when your faith and prayers are added unto us, more mountainous adversaries must be removed from our path.~ Matthew Geppert

May 20, 2016
Healthcare

Transformation and Revival

As the ethnic, melodious song of worship was sung in Lao, I was seeing the big smile on Abba’s face, so moved by their genuine hearts. These ten young men were singing unfamiliar, but the most beautiful, songs of praise, their hearts offered to the Most High. The songs penetrated my soul and I could not help but think of the years of prayers that it took to get here: the many hard steps offered in prayer, countless hours in buses to villages, and intense discussions with authorities that culminated to this day.The price was paid in a labor of love, and here I was witnessing the fruit of that labor, and having the honor to deliver God’s word for the day. Before leaving for Vientiane, God spoke to me about revival in Laos. I saw revival fires all along the map of Laos. I kept seeing that this is the generation of revivalists who will transform Laos. In fact, my daughter had gotten sick on our vacation earlier in the week.I went to the store and found a 1 liter bottle of a Gatorade-like drink. I didn’t realize until a day later, the drink was called Revive.The ten Acts College graduates, representing five ethnic groups, are the start of churches among indigenous peoples in Laos. They have been trained in Bible and ministry, and their training equips them to plant their own indigenous church throughout Laos. They also work in the Garden of Hope,learning lessons as farmers, tilling the soil, sowing the seeds, cultivating and harvesting the land, which make up the perfect biblical model of evangelism.I pictured the faces of the people they would talk to about Jesus back home in the villages, the struggles and pain in getting the elders to accept a new way of life, but the victory in baptizing new believers, making up the multitude that no one will be able to count from every tribe, tongue, and nation, proclaiming, “Salvation belongs to our God…”The word God gave me for the graduation was on revival that leads to transformation, from the life of King Josiah. Much like many of these ten young men, Josiah was a first generation true believer in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We can learn from his life that revival must bring transformation to the people.

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His father, Amon, and paternal grandfather, Manasseh, were wicked kings that provoked God through their involvement with the occult, idol worship, and murder in Judah. Despite such heritage, Josiah started seeking the Lord at age 16, and at the age of 20, he cleansed the land of Israel of the idols (2 Chronicles 34:3-7). It took just one generation to turn the nation around.The Zoe Generation, the group that is led by Brother Hubert, is another group of on-fire men and women in their twenties, whom God will use to reach out to the people in Laos. I am so excited about this new generation of believers. They have been discipled, and are well trained. They, like the ten graduates, are a new generation full of the Holy Spirit, who know their identity as children of the most High God and who display the glory of God.As Laos emerges from being one of the lowest in the ASEAN in terms of income and development, God is awakening this land to its destiny. This year, Laos has won the chairmanship of the ASEAN. As it embraces the ASEAN economic zone, many reforms must take place, economic and social, including freedom of religion. Let’s pray that God will send revival by raining his righteousness and let salvation spring up.~ Steve Chang

May 20, 2016
Education

Prayer Walking Worked

When Pastor Mark first came to our country I started to become familiar with the term “prayer walking.” It was the first time we went together to prayer walk in our country’s famous Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the biggest pagodas in the world. To be honest, I never knew that someone could go to other religious places and perform prayer walks like that. Since then, I have continuously seen and witnessed that whenever people from SEAPC — my dear brothers in Christ, Matt and Tony, Pastor Cheng, and sister Tina and team — come to Myanmar, they have always faithfully practiced this “prayer walking” thing, and it really worked. For the rest of my life, I will never forget the day when brother Tony led us, the Charity Children Home’s staff, to prayer walk through Naypyidaw.We started our journey from Yangon in the very early morning and arrived in Naypyidaw around 11:30 a.m. When we got to Naypyidaw we tried to enter the parliament house compound for prayer walking, but according to the gatekeepers we were not allowed to enter because of a meeting that was going on.

Instead, we pulled over our van beside the road near the entrance gate and prayed quietly inside the van. We prayed for our present government and for the government to come. We especially prayed for the peace and progress of the country, and for Christian men and women to come into high positions in the government. Then we prayed in different important spots like in front of the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Investment and Commercial Bank, and so on.[caption id="attachment_1009" align="alignleft" width="300"]

The author and his wife with the Vice President of Myanmar[/caption]The result of our prayer is now being revealed. Because of people’s desire to see the “great lady” as their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, has defeated the old government party. Another answer we got is that the old government has Prayer Walking Worked peacefully handed over control to the elected party. Moreover, and amazingly, Aung San Suu Kyi has chosen to place many Christians in very high and important positions in her newly formed government. One of these positions is the vice president of Myanmar, and the man she appointed is from a very strong Christian background. His wife is also not only a faithful Christian but a Bible school teacher who once taught my wife, and his father-in-law is the founder of United Pentecostal Church of Myanmar.Just recently, we sent a message to the vice president saying we wanted to visit and pray for him. He replied with no delay that he and his family would be very glad to receive our prayer in the presidential house, where he and his family had just moved in. As we entered into the presidential house, we were warmly welcomed by the family.What an amazing experience to pray, praise, and shout “Hallelujah!” in the presidential house of Myanmar. What an open door for the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Myanmar. In the past, we had not even been allowed to enter into the parliament house compound, but now we were welcomed and received by the vice president of Myanmar in the presidential house. In the past, we were not allowed to pray with loud voices even outside of the parliament house, and now we have a chance not only to pray with loud voices but also to shout “Hallelujah!” I certainly know and believe that God has heard the humble prayer we made in the journey of prayer walking. Thank you Lord.~ Thang Chung Nung

May 20, 2016
Prayer

What Does Love Look Like?

Many people of faith go on trips with high hopes to touch a nation, but sometimes that looks more like touching one single heart. In Nepal, instead of playing the guitar or preaching, love was displayed by taking a family portrait with 30 plus Indian women who had made the pilgrimage to the Pashupatinath Temple. It was also expressed while taking a photo with their guru, and then sneaking in some blessings for him while the camera clicked away. Love was exchanged while shaking countless hands and speaking the universal language of a smile or laughter.

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All that this love required was time and a flexible schedule. In China, love led us on an adventure to remote Tibetan villages getting as close to Tibet as we possibly could. Even if it was hard to swallow, love tasted like yak cheese cookies and warm yak milk butter tea. And on bumpy roads through countless hours love was experienced by time spent with some of the most incredible people on this planet.Each night, without a consistent place to rest our heads, love produced flexibility and a fresh excitement about the journey. For a portion of that journey, while descending 16,000 feet, we all experienced a close call with death. In return, that particular night’s pillow was met with immense gratitude. Love was found amidst danger, and it was expressed with hearts of worship and tangible peace. Love looks different than what we expect sometimes.This trip was a good reminder that every interaction counts. After eating breakfast one morning, a Tibetan woman came to our table to explore the lighter coloring of one of our teammates. She curiously moved up this lady’s sleeve and touched her arm without an ounce of hesitation. Without thinking twice, our sweet teammate pulled out her lotion and began to rub it on the Tibetan woman’s hands.

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It was reminiscent of Mary Magdalene pouring the oil over Jesus. This was an act of worship, and it deeply touched the woman’s heart. Before we left, this woman was crying as she visibly experienced love firsthand. The Father encountered her through a bottle of lotion, a quick blessing translated by her son, a monk, and the power of both touch and smiles.In the end, hugs were exchanged along with powerful gifts. Someone on our team handed her The Jesus Film in her language and in response she gave us some homemade bread. How fitting that the bread of life was exchanged for a few rolls of handmade bread, and then we parted ways.It is valuable to extend a hand or smile, and it is equally valuable to exchange monetary provision for a good cup of chai shared with new friends. Love isn’t compact and, much like the beautiful Tibetan woman’s tears will seep out in many different ways when it is allowed to flow freely. This trip was truly a testament to the power of loving people free from agenda, planting seeds and believing for the Father to show up in unconventional ways.

April 27, 2016
Prayer
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